5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

CULTS

CULTS is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kʌlts/

Noun

plural of cult

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How CULTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts CULTS as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 181 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #710 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

C___S C in the 1st position and S in the 5th position C__T_ C in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAINE PAIRE TIARE RAISE IRONE IRADE
Words starting with C Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
181 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How CULTS performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#710 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, CULTS ranks #710 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
1,007
4 guesses
1,136
5 guesses
133
6 guesses
16
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
26%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

500
231
192
173
103
89
80
65
61
60
58
53
50
43
35
33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing CULTS:

21% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
8% chance
Suggested:
PAIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

21.2% →
RAINE 6.14 bits
9.8% →
RAINE 5.43 bits
8.1% →
PAIRE 5.66 bits
7.3% →
TIARE 5.52 bits
4.4% →
RAISE 4.98 bits
3.8% →
IRONE 5.19 bits
3.4% →
RAINE 5.17 bits
2.8% →
IRADE 4.46 bits
2.6% →
GRONE 5.02 bits
2.5% →
GRAME 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for CULTS; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

C3U1L1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.